Ready-made roofing.



No. 813,163. PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

W. J. MUELLER.

READY MADE ROOFING.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1904.

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unrrnn sraras PAENT lVILlilfAM J. MOELLER, OF HARTWELL, OHIO, ASSTGNORTO THE PHILIP CAREY MANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OF LOUKLAND, OHIO,

RATTON OF OHIO.

A CORPO- EADY MADE RQOFENGE Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

Application in Apri118,l90t. Serial No. 203,766.

To, alZ whom it may concern.-

a citizen of the United. States, residing at Hartwell, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Read -Made Roofing, of which the following is a 1111,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part or this specification.

My invention relates to that class of roofing known as ready-maderoofing, usually consisting of a body portion of cement of ,anda tophaving a bottom layer of paper layer of burlap embedded in the topsurface united before being and not lie smooth upon of the cement. Thisis made up into rolls in the factory ready to be taken out and to beapplied to roofs as the occasion requires. making roofing of thischaracter it is the practice to make it in a long continuous web in thespecial machinery provided'for that urpose and then to cut it into lenths, eac ,of which constitutes a separate roil of a predeterminedlength. The burlap, which is embedded in the top of the cement bodyportion is procured in her of. se arate ieces of varying lengths, andthese, w ile of t e same width as the finished roll or of approximatelythe same width, have to have their ends cut, overlapped, and applied to.the cement body portion. This joint of the edges burlap has heretoforebeen made by sewing the overlapped edges together; but owing to the veryloose and sleazy character of the material andunder the-stretchingrequired "to make the same lie smooth and even upon the cement bodyportion the seams frequently tore loose in whole or in part,thusnecessitating the severin of the entire web for some distance on eacside of the joint and formin a new joint of all the parts, which not ony entailed a considerable loss of material, but was a waste of time, orif this new joint was not formed the burlap1 would buckle up t e cementportion,

and a very imperfect job would be the result. The chief object of mypresent invention is the provision of a very simple and efiicient cementjoint for the overlap ed edges of the burlap, which will not tear ooseand which insures the erfectly straight and smooth running of the burlapfrom its roller in the inch in thickness,

over bales, each containing a nuinof the to complete the roofing.

machine upon the cement body portion without any loss of time or wasteof material.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth,and specifically pointed out in the claim. In the accompanying aperspective detail of a portion of t ing-web, including a joint made bythe overlapping and cementing of the burlap in accordance with mypresent invention. Fig. 2 is a corresponding view, showing the two endsof-the burlap with the cement stri in place and the arts ready tobeunited.- i 3 is a longitudinal section in detail throug drawings, Fiure 1 is e roof-.

the web or roofing-strip at the joint where i the edges of the burlapare overlapped and united. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the cementstrip. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail at the 'oint where one strip of theroofing is lapped and secured upon the next one below it. i

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate identical parts inall their ures. v in the drawings, 1 represents-t e base or bottom stripof tar-paper or other suitable material of the width of each roll, uponwhich 'is poured in an even layer the cement body ortion 2, which coversthe same to auniform depth in its passagethrough the suitablyconstructedmachine adapted to constructing roofingof this character, and 3 is theburlap which is applied on top ofthe cement body portion and 's lightlyembedded in the same and over which is finally s rinkled a coating orlayer of magnesia 01 ot er fireproof fiber genera construction to havethe roofing constructed like that of Patent No. 636,022, of October 31,18%, issued to my present assignee, The Philip Carey ManufacturingCompany, and in which the burlap was extended on one side of the web,was turned back upon the same at the edge to receive the fastening-nails7, Fi 5, and was then folded back over the head ofthe' nails and overlaped the underlying strip of roofing materia as clearly indicated in Fig.5, where 8 represents the roof.

Now referring more articularly to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the benefit o mypresent invention will be readily understood from the followingdescription: For each joint of the burla where it is ov rlapped at its.meeting edges T insert an adhesive strip of rubber-tape 6,

I prefer in its ioo \ laid with the outer edges of the burlap inperwhich comes between the overlapped portions; as seen in Fig. '3, and,all the parts being I dry, permits the joint thus made to be evenly feetalinement, and then passing a heated iron or roller over the over acppedportions of the burla and the interpose strip of rubberta e the latteris sufficiently melted to form a e os'e and tight joint which cannot bepulled loose in whole or in part, as in the case of sewing the edges ofthe burlap together, andall waste of material is thereby preventedand aperfect and even Web of burlap is provided to overlie the cement bodyportion and be embedded. therein without any creases or wrinkles, aswill be readily understood.

' stares A ready-made roofing consisting of a base portion, a cementbody portion overlyin' the same, and a burlap portion partially emeddedlupon ,thetop of thecement body portion, the transverse oints ofsaid burlap portion being united by an adhesive cement strip interposedbetween the overla ping endsthereof, substantially as and for thepurpose speci- WILLIAM J; MOELLER.

' Witnesses:

G; D. CRAnBs, EDWARD Peon.

7 Having thus fully described my invention;

